Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Can anyone give me a list of some garifuna words translated to ingles?

just some basic words or even some sentences please!Can anyone give me a list of some garifuna words translated to ingles?
Welcome - Buiti ach眉luruni

Good morning - Buiti binafi

Good afternoon - Buiti rabanweyu

Good night - Buiti gu帽oun

How are you? - Ida biangi?

I'm fine. - Magadietina

Thank you - Seremein

What is your name? - Ka biri?

My name is Maria. - Maria niri bai.

What day is today? - Ka weyu uguyen?

Today is Saturday. - Samudi uguyen.

One - Aban

Two - Biama

Three- 脺r眉wa

Four - Gad眉r眉

Five - Seing眉

Man - Eyeri

Woman - Hinyanru

Friend - Umada

Mother- Uguchuru

Father - Uguchili

House - Tuban

Dog - Aunli

Cat - Mesu

Sky - Ubehu

Sun - Weyu

Moon - Hati

Star - Waruguma

Water - Duna

Ocean - Barana

Earth - MuyaCan anyone give me a list of some garifuna words translated to ingles?
Sorry but I can't.

Instead I wanted to thank you for asking such an interesting question. Thanks to you I learned this, which I'd like to share:

Garifuna is an Arawakan language spoken in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Belize by the Garifuna people. It is spoken by a majority of mostly Black-Hondurans.



One interesting feature of Garifuna is a vocabulary split between terms used only by men and terms used only by women. This does not however affect the entire vocabulary but when it does, the terms used by men generally come from Carib and those used by women come from Arawak.

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